Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon is one of the most versatile and since the 1960’s, who is Equally at home in films and television as on stage and radio dramas. His Anglo – French background has enabled him to work as much in France as in England. Fluent in many languages has also made it possible for Vernon act in Italian , German and Spanish film productions.

He is currently playing the Old Elf Man in The Witcher: Series 2 on Netflix.

  • The Haunting of Margam Castle (Directed by Andrew Jones )
  • The 15:17 To Paris (Directed by Clint Eastwood )
  • The Man with the Iron Heart (Directed by Cedric Jimenez)
  • Killing Jesus (Directed by Christopher Menaul)
  • The Invisible Boy (Directed by by Gabriel Salvatores )
  • Horsehead (Directed by Romain Basset )
  • Deception ( Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore )

Among his most recent television credits are:

  • The Witcher: Series 2 (Netflix)
  • The Gold (BBC)
  • The Durrells (ITV)
  • The Romanoffs (Amazon Studios)
  • Emerald City
  • Jonathan Strange
  • Norell (BBC)
  • The Borgias (Directed by Niel Jordan – Showtime)
  • L’ Hypothese de la Reine Rouge (Directed by Florian Thomas)

He also recently played Sherlock Holmes in a French short film.

  • The Name of the Rose.
  • The Day of the Jackal
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  • Fiddler on the Roof
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • Caravaggio
  • The Krays
  • Nicholas and Alexandra
  • That Night in Varennes
  • The Scarlet and the Black
  • Darling
  • Scent of a Woman
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • Jude
  • Surviving Picasso
  • M. Butterfly
  • Let Him Have It
  • Hamlet
  • Enigma
  • Condorman
  • Nijinsky
  • Operation: Daybreak
  • Mary Queen of Scots
  • Galileo
  • The Marseille Contract
  • The Beast in the Cellar
  • The Canterbury Tales
  • Anne of the Thousand Days
  • A Dandy in Aspic
  • The Assassination Bureau
  • Baby Love
  • The Taming of the Shrew

His many acting engagements in now classic work for television include:

  • Doctor Who: The War Games
  • Masada
  • Holocaust
  • As Time Goes By
  • Father Ted
  • Wagner
  • Fortunes of War
  • Till We Meet Again
  • The World of Wooster and Jeeves
  • The Avengers
  • The Champions
  • Camino Real
  • Marco Polo
  • Some Mother’s Do ‘Av ‘Em
  • Blake’s 7
  • Merlin
  • Highlander
  • Mussolini: The Untold Story
  • Maigret
  • Dixon of Dock Green
  • War and Remembrance


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Leonard Whiting

Famously played Romeo in Franco Zeffirelli’s (1968) award winning, internationally acclaimed film version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet opposite Olivia Hussey (Juliet). The part of Romeo earned Leonard a Golden Globe award.

His other stage work includes playing Artful Dodger in Lionel Bart’s musical, Oliver! He also appeared in Love For Love at the National Theatre in London, and also in Moscow and Berlin.

Leonard’s television career includes The Royal Hunt of the Sun (directed by Irving Lerner), Say Hello to Yesterday (directed by Alvin Rakoff), War is Hell (directed by Bernard Borderie), Rachel’s Man (directed by Moshe Mizrahi), Through the Childhood and Adolescence of Giacomo Casanova (directed by Luigi Comencini), and Frankenstein: The True Story (directed by Jack Smight). More recently he voiced Urpgor in the series The Deamstone.

Most recently he had a reunion with Olivia Hussey in the film Social Suicide (directed by Bruce Webb).

Master Class: Romeo and Juliet

For schools and universities – Leonard Whiting – Acclaimed internationally for
his interpretation of the role of Romeo in Zeffirelli’s Academy Award winning film, Romeo and Juliet – Will be conducting Master Classes in Shakespeare with specific reference to Romeo and Juliet.

Ever since cameras begun to roll the works of Shakespeare has inspired filmmakers to transfer his plays from stage to screen. Informed by his range of experience on both stage and screen, as an actor, writer, director and producer – Leonard Whiting brings his unique perspective to bear upon the subject of Shakespearean cinema. Utilising film clips and penetrating analysis he engages his audience in an exiting exploration of the Bard’s work.

Leonard has taught Shakespeare around the world from Great Britain , America to Russia and South Africa. The Master Classes are always tailored to the school or universities requirements. These range from a one-off class to weeks of classes. The sessions are normally about two hours long and aim to impart a love and understanding of Shakespeare’s works (iambic pentameter). They range from theatre to film and the differing styles through the ages.

The classes include film clips, discussions, practical acting/coaching and sword fighting.

Master Classes objectives

1. To explore the challenges of transferring Shakespeare from stage to screen.
2. To compare and contrast cinematic approaches overtime in the works of Shakespeare.
3. To consider the most effective methods of communicating Shakespeare stories to
contemporary audiences.

Talks and Presentations

Special “Evenings with” or cruise line shows.

1. A screening of Zeffirelli’s iconic classic film Romeo and Juliet, starring Leonard Whiting as Romeo. Followed by an inside visit to the making of and promoting the film. Also with a Q & A with the audience.
2.) A screening of Frankenstein – A True Story, in which Leonard played Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Inside visit to the making of and Shelley’s classic tale. With an audience Q & A.
3.) The National Theatre and touring behind the iron curtain with Sir Laurence Olivier.

For bookings and additional details, contact thomas@bowingtonmanagement


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Colin Baker

Colin has just completed filming the feature film The Ghost of Borely Rectory, which is due for release 2021 spring release. He was the sixth incarnation of the iconic television character of the “Doctor” in BBC’s Doctor Who. His many film credits include – Hiraeth (Director S. J. Evans) The Last Man On Earth (Director Darren Langlands) A Christmas Carol (Director Anthony D.P. Mann ) Shadow of A Stranger, Finding Richard (Director Rhys Davies) The Asylum (Director John Stewart) Time and Again (Director Kelly Webster). 

Colin’s great many television credits include – The Brothers (BBC), Hustle (BBC), Blakes 7, (BBC) Star Trek: Continues, Kingdom with Stephen Fry, The 4 Musketeers, Hollyoaks (Channel 4), Dangerfield (BBC), Casualty (BBC), The Bill (ITV), Brookside (Channel 4), Juliet Bravo (BBC), The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, The Edwardians (BBC), War and Peace opposite Anthony Hopkins (BBC).

He has acted on stage in just about anything from Shakespeare to playing Panto Dame’s. He’s also been cast in leading roles in plays by Noel Coward , Ray Cooney, Peter Nichols , Alan Ayckborn and Terence Rattigan, to name just a few from his extensive stage career. He has also acted in musicals, including Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore

Work in the West End most of the major rep companies and the major touring theatres around the country. 
Colin trained at The London Academy Of Music and Dramatic Art.


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Carolyn Seymour

Equally at home in a Hollywood Blockbuster or a British cult comedy or drama, Carolyn has been a regular voice artist at the Big Finish audio company. She has recently Reprised her the role of Abby Grant in the BBC cult sci-fi television series Survivors and Doctor Who audio adventures opposite Tom Baker. Additionally, she has recorded several audio plays for the L.A. Theatre Works, including Alan Ayckbourn’s Table Manners and Living Together, and Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls and Oedipus The King.

She has recorded numerous audio books – amongst the Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, The Rose Labyrinth and The Patience Stone.

With a long and impressive list of television credits both in the UK and America, Carolyn has appeared in several episodes of the worldwide hit, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the sinister Mrs Templeton in Star Trek: Voyager. Additionally she has made memorable appearances in the BBC’s Survivors, Babylon 5, Quantum Leap, The Twilight Zone, Magnum P.I., Murder She Wrote (several guest appearances), Tales From The Dark Side, Malcolm In The Middle, Modesty Blaise, LA Law, ER, Remington Steel, Cagney and Lacey, Edward The Seventh, Space 1999, and Family Ties with Michael J. Fox.

Her feature films include: Ruling Class opposit Peter O’Toole (directed by Peter Medak), Mortal Combat, Condor, I Witness, and Bad Timing – directed by Nicolas Roeg. The Last Ninja, The Assignment (directed by Mats Arehn), Gumshoe opposite Albert Finney (directed by Stephen Frears ), The Odd Job (directed Peter Medak), The Bitch, Zorro The Gay Blade (directed by Peter Medak), Mr. Mom with Michael Keaton, A Smile In The Dark (directed by Ulli Lommel), Steptoe & Son and Congo (directed by Frank Marshall ).

Carolyn is also a much employed voice actress for animated, film and video games. Among the many popular titles are Gears of War playing Queen Myrrh, Mass Effect as the voice of Dr. Chakwas., Star Wars: The Phantom Menace as the voice of Shmi Skywalker, Superman The Animated Series, Armed And Dangerous, Indiana Jones, Star Wars: Knights Of the Old Republic and Star Wars: Jedi Knights.

Her work in the theatre includes, The Great Exhibition at The Hampstead Theatre opposite David Warner (directed by Sir Richard Eyre). She also played Ophelia in Hamlet at The Globe Theatre (now The Gielgud), which was directed by Peter Coe and produced by Sam Wanamaker; On Approval with Kenneth More and Moray Watson at The Vaudeville Theatre, and The Prodigal Daughter with Wilfred Hyde–White at the Theatre Royal, Brighton (directed by Roger Redfarn). At the Pasadena Playhouse in LA, she appeared in School For Scandal (directed by Brian Bedford), and Hay Fever on Broadway, playing Myra Arundel (directed by Brian Murray).

Trained at The Central School of Speech and Drama.

‘Route de l’Eglise’ read by Carolyn Seymour


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Actors

Bowington Management represents the following actors

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Annette Andre

Carole Ashby

Colin Baker

Rosie Baker

Caroline Blakiston

Lisa Bowerman

George Camiller

Michael Culver

Tom Dalrymple

Aimee Ebsworth

Susan George

Angela Grant

Sherrie Hewson

Wolf Kahler

Jack Klaff

Samuel Lawrence

Annabel Leventon

Catriona MacColl

Murray Melvin

Jane Merrow

Caroline Munro

Brian Murphy

Derren Nesbitt

Maureen O’Brien

Max Pemberton

Vivian Pickles

Dave Prowse M.B.E

Linda Regan

Jenny Runacre

Carolyn Seymour

Harry Vinall

Annette Andre

Annette trained in ballet and danced with the Australian Ballet Company before starting a career in acting, that has spanned stage, television, radio and feature films.

She has acted in numerous West End productions, including Business of Murder, Suddenly at Home and Vanity Fair.

UK Theatre tours include playing Blance Du Bois in Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire and Trap for a Lonely Man opposite Colin Baker.

She has appeared in several television and radio commercials.

Many of her film credits are now considered classic titles, such as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (directed by Richard Lester), in which she played Philia, Buster Keaton’s daughter. The Heroes of Telemark opposite Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris (directed by Anthony Mann), and He Who Rides A Tiger with Tom Bell and Judi Dench (directed by Charles Crichton).

Her extensive television credits include playing Jeannie Hopkirk, the female lead, in the celebrated cult series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).

She has had the leading guest star in numerous other cult and classic television series, including:

  • The Brothers Prisoner: Cell Block H Cop Shop
  • The Guns of Will Sonnett
  • Emergency Ward 10
  • The Avengers
  • The New Avengers
  • The Human Jungle
  • Return of the Saint
  • The Persuaders!
  • The Baron
  • The Troubleshooters
  • Gideon’s Way
  • The Prisoner – episode: It’s Your Funeral, opposite Patrick McGoohan.

A favourite guest star opposite Roger Moore in his The Saint series. Annette guest starred in five episodes, including the episode The House on Dragon’s Rock directed by Roger Moore.

Maigret opposite Richard Harris and Barbara Shelley.

In 2017 she made the film, Nobis.

Her memoir, ‘Where Have I Been All My Life’, was published in 2018.


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Jack Klaff

Jack has just finished playing John Of Gaunt, the Gardner, Carlisle, Bushy and the Duchess of York in Richard II at London’s Rose Theatre. Additionally, he has played Freud at the Cosmo Café Theatre. Among his many great stage credits are:

The Ice Cream Boys at The Jermyn Street Theatre.

US tours of A Midsummer Night’s Dream playing Bottom and Egeus, and Victor Frankenstein in Frankenstein.
A double bill at The Arcola Theatre. Playing Satin in The Lower Depths, and Gayev in The Cherry Orchard.
Freud at The Cosmo Cafe Theatre.He has also completed several seasons at The Bristol Old Vic and the RSC.

Jack regularly performs in a wide variety of one-man shows both in the UK and overseas. Additionally, he’s also directed many stage productions.

His most recent feature films include Elemental Storage, Two Years of Decadence directed by Domenico Dominelli, and The Black Spot directed by Oliver Rogers.


He has recently finished recording voice work for Mark Cousins’ docu-drama, The Eyes of Orson Welles – his being the voice of Welles.

He has acted in a numerous BBC radio plays.

His many film roles include:

His films include the first Star Wars: A New Hope film playing the rebel fighter, Red Four (John D), directed by George Lucas. The classic James Bond film, For Your Eyes Only with Roger Moore (directed by John Glen. N.B. Jack played Apostis, one of the villains). King David opposite Richard Gere – directed by Bruce Beresford. Agent X directed by Phillip Connolly. The Hunchback of Notre Dame with Anthony Hopkins – directed by Michael Tuchner.

His television credits include:

  • Red Dwarf playing Abraham Lincoln,
  • Midsomer Murders: Dead in the Water
  • Ivanhoe
  • Space 1999
  • Vanity Fair
  • The Sweeney
  • Reilly Ace of Spies
  • The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
  • Cadfael
  • The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes (opposite Jeremy Brett)
  • Chernobyl: The Final Warning
  • Poirot: The King of Clubs.


Jack trained at The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.


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Caroline Munro

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Caroline’s most recent film The House Of The Gorgon opened in cinemas 2019.

She studied at art school in Brighton and began her career as a model. Her Lamb’s Navy Rum ad’s where one of the biggest advertising campaigns in the 70’s which famously used Caroline’s image. Modelling work include working for Vogue Magazine and cover girl for many television and magazine advertisement’s.This brought her to the attention of many film producers.

Her film debut was in the James Bond spoof Casino Royal, followed by the comedy western, A Talent For Living playing Richard Widmark’s daughter. When her one-year contract with Paramount Pictures elapse, she played Victoria Phibes in the two cult classics, The Abominable Dr. Phibes and Dr. Phibes Rises Again opposite Vincent Price.

Her real breakthrough came with the Hammer films, Dracula A.D. 1972 opposite Christopher Lee and directed by Alan Gibson. Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter, again for Hammer Films written and directed by Brian Clemens.

The James Bond blockbuster, The Spy Who Loved Me with Roger Moore as Bond and directed by Lewis Gilbert. She was to play the Naomi. Flying the helicopter, a skill she mastered in real life.

Her other film work includes:

  • The Ray Harryhausen classic, The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad (directed by Gordon Hessle).
  • At The Earth’s Core for Amicus Films (directed by Kevin Connor) – opposite screen great, Peter Cushing. 
  • I Don’t Want To Be Born (directed by Peter Sasdy).
  • Star Crash (directed by Luigi Cozzi)
  • Howl At The Devil (directed by Paul Naschy).
  • Maniac (directed by William Lustig).
  • The Last Horror Film (directed by David Winters).
  • Maigret (directed by Paul Lynch).
  • Absence Of Light (directed by Patrick Desmond).
  • Faceless (directed by Jess Franco).
  • Demons and Demons 6: De Profundis – A.K.A. The Black Cat.

Her most recent film and TV work include:

  • Midsomer Murders: Death Of The Divas
  • Vampyres
  • The Landlady
  • Cute Little Buggers
  • Cry Wolf
  • The House Of The Gorgon. 

Caroline has also appeared in music video by Adam Ant and Meatloaf/

She is a Trustee of The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation.

CLASSIC CAROLINE

Dracula AD 1972
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Star Crash
The Spy Who Loved Me


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Derren Nesbitt

Derren has just won best actor award at The Outfest in L.A. playing Jacki in the multi-award winning film Tucked – directed by Jamie Patterson. The film has won numerous awards at major film festivals around the world. The critics have showered praise on Derren for his exceptional performance in the film, which is now available Netflix and DVD/ Blu-ray via Amazon.

His most recent film is The Haunting of Margam Castle.

Derren trained at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and made his film debut in 1958 in the WWII navy drama The Silent Enemy.

His many film credits include:

  • Where Eagles Dare (directed by Brian Hutton).
  • Victim (director, Basil Dearden).
  • Home for Christmas (director Jamie Patterson).
  • Flawless (director Michael Radford).
  • Run for Your Wife (director Ray Cooney & John Luton).
  • The Hot Potato (director, Tim Lewiston).
  • Bullseye! (director, Michael Winner).
  • Not Now Darling (directors, Ray Cooney and David Croft).
  • Innocent Bystanders (director, Peter Collinson).
  • Monte Carlo or Bust! (director, Ken Annakin).
  • The Naked Runner (director Sidney J. Furie).
  • The High Commissioner (director, Ralph Thomas).
  • The Blue Max (director John Guillermin).
  • The Informers (director, Ken Annakin).
  • Term of Trial (director, Peter Glenville).
  • Strongroom (director, Vernon Sewell).
  • The Man in the Back Seat (director, Vernon Sewell).
  • Sword of Sherwood Forest (director Terence Fisher).
  • Life in Danger (director, Terry Bishop).
  • The Giant Behemoth (director Eugene Lourie).
  • Room at the Top (director, Jack Clayton).
  • A Night to Remember (director, Roy Ward Baker).
  • Derren directed the feature film The Amorous Milkman, starring Diana Dors.

His great many television credits include playing the lead – Chief Inspector Jordan – in the series Special Branch for Thames Television (ITV).

Other credits are:

  • The Prisoner
  • The Larkins
  • William Tell
  • Armchair Theatre
  • Danger Man
  • The Saint and The Persuaders – both opposite Roger Moore.
  • Emergency Ward 10
  • Dixon of Dock Green
  • Gideon’s Way
  • ITV Play of the Week
  • The Protectors
  • Return of the Saint
  • Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson
  • Bergerac
  • The Troubleshooters
  • Man in a Suitcase
  • The Strange Report
  • Comic Strip Presents
  • UFO
  • Doctor Who: Marco Polo.

His extensive theatre work include West End productions, Repertory work and tours. He has played Hamlet, Harpagon in Moliere’s The Miser. Leading roles in The Picture of Dorian Gray, Troilus and Cressida, Wait Until Dark, The Pit and the Pendulum, Come On Jeeves, Murder is Announced, Murder by Misadventure, and Absent Friends.


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